Category - A Local’s Perspective

I majored in political science as an undergraduate and received a master’s degree in American Studies (my thesis was “The Literature of Disgust”). I incorrectly thought this provided me with a strong foundation in pre-med.

By Charles Morgan III Islands are curious places. Charles Darwin based much of his work on the Galapagos Islands because of the distinctive environmental and ecological features of the land and of the plants, animals and birds that were found there. I’ve been visiting an island in the...

By Charles Morgan III I like sad songs. It has been said that the music that is most influential in people’s lives is the music you listened to between the age of 16 to 25 years. I spent the first half of an illustrious college career in Sewanee, Tennessee. If you like gloomy weather...

By Charles Morgan III I spent a week in New York City earlier this month, waiting for my daughter to have a baby. Leah and Matt had a beautiful baby boy named Oliver. It was all perfect. My role in the process was to offer emotional support, and for the most part stay out of the way. So I...

By Charles Morgan III Harold Destin died last week. He had lived in Destin for 64 years. Harold’s father, Chubby Destin, ran the Shooting Star for many years. His mother Pat ran the booking booths. I first met Susan, Harold’s sister, when she was babysitting for Tommy and Janie Browning at...

By Charles Morgan III There is an ancient Chinese curse—“May you live in interesting times.” It might not sound like a curse, but the implication is that times of chaos and tumult are not something to be desired. We live in a time of tremendous divisiveness and turmoil. We’ve been...

By Eddie Morgan Monday, September 23 – Wednesday, September 25 After weeks of planning, shopping for supplies and preparing the Papi for travel, Kevin Moak, Cole Wyatt and I departed Harbor Docks at 7 PM, starting our journey to Guana Cay. We would arrive in Venice, Florida, around 2 PM the...

By Charles Morgan III Editor’s Note: This year commemorates the Morgan boys’ historic trek along the John Muir Trail in California. The adventure was well documented in Beachcomber, and the following article—the third of three—appeared in our September 17, 2009 issue. We left camp by the light...

By Charles Morgan III Editor’s Note: This year commemorates the Morgan boys’ historic trek along the John Muir Trail in California. The adventure was well documented in Beachcomber, and the following article—the second of three—appeared in our September 3, 2009 issue. ...

By Charles Morgan III Editor’s Note: This year commemorates the Morgan boys’ historic trek along the John Muir Trail in California. The adventure was well documented in Beachcomber, and the following article—the first of three—appeared in our August 20, 2009 issue. It seemed like a good idea at...

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